1. Can Liquid Crystals / Polymers
Birds do it, Bees do it,
Can Liquid Crystals / Polymers
do it?

2. Liquid Crystals Lyotropic Thermotropic Low Molar Mass Materials
High Molar Mass
Materials
Main-chain Polymers
Side-chain
Polymers
Calamitic
Discotic

3. ISOTROPIC
LIQUID
ZERO
order
NONE
SOLID 3D
POSITION
ORIENTATION
MESOPHASE
1 or 2D
ORIENTATION
POSITION

4. q NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SMECTIC C LIQUID CRYSTAL
Long Range Orientational Order
No Positional Order
SMECTIC C LIQUID CRYSTAL
Molecules Tilted in Diffuse Layers
No Long Range Positional Order
Long Range Tilt Order q
SMECTIC A LIQUID CRYSTAL
Molecules Orthogonal to the Diffuse
Layers
No Long Range Positional Order

8. Liquid Crystals Thermotropic Lyotropic High Molar Mass Low Molar Mass
Materials
Side-chain
Polymers
Calamitic
Discotic
Main-chain

9. Main Chain Liquid Crystalline PolymersMG B A MG
B A MG B
Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers MG B
Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers

10. Polymer
Backbone
Spacer
Group
Mesogenic
Side-chain

13. CHEMISTRY
LIQUID
CRYSTAL
DEVICES
ENGINEERING
PHYSICS